 This article is about an episode in Power Rangers Beast Morphers.
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Fossil Frenzy is the seventeenth episode of the second season of Power Rangers Beast Morphers and the forty-first episode overall. It serves as the prelude to the series' three-part endgame arc. It features the debut of Robo-Roxy's Dinosaur and Giant forms, as well as her final appearance.
Synopsis[]
When Zoey accidentally ruins her brother’s chances for a scholarship, she’ll do anything to make it right.
Plot[]
At the Riptide Gym, the Rangers are practicing swordplay on wooden pedestals as Steel watches from the ground, only for Devon to best all the other Rangers. Afterwards, Zoey’s big brother Mike arrives and gives her stick to Devon so she can talk to her brother. She tries to hug him, but he says to be careful and asks how he hurt his arm.
He tells his sister that he just came back from a dangerous expedition and the hike was pretty dangerous, but it was worth it and slides her a wooden box. She opens in and inside, is a claw from a new undiscovered dinosaur species, surprising Zoey. He says that it had wings bigger than a condor and teeth like a T-Rex, and has dubbed the dinosaur as the Vultursaurus. She asks Mike where he found it, and he said he found it at the top of Honold Peak, a mountain just outside of Coral Harbor, which is how he hurt his arm. Zoey is shocked that her brother went on such a dangerous trek, but he thinks that with it, it will help him get a scholarship at the university, and has an interview with them tomorrow. Zoey is happy for her brother by this news.
However, Mike needs to run a test to see if there's any DNA in the claw in order to confirm that it is a new species and asks Zoey if there's anyone at Grid Battleforce who can help. Zoey, still trying to keep up the front of working in laundry as her family doesn't know that she's the Yellow Ranger, says that she might know of someone who could help her. Before leaving, Mike tells Zoey to guard the claw with her life as his whole future rides on this fossil, and Zoey promises to keep it safe. Then, Ben and Betty barge into the Gym and tells Devon, Ravi, and Nate that they were watching their father's dog, Pickles, and lost him. Ben spots him stealing food from the food court and the two chase after him. Fortunately, Ravi manages to grab Pickles for them and hands him back to the Burke siblings.
In the Crystal Dimension, Scrozzle and the Robo-Generals watch as Evox infusing himself with Morph-X from his pumping station and has finally regained his full strength thanks to Robo-Blaze's latest heist. Now that he's back to full power, Evox plans to go forward with the next phase of his plans. However, Evox makes it clear to Robo-Roxy that she was of no help to him due to her constant failures, unlike Robo-Blaze who has succeeded more and served him well and instructs his minions to be more like him. Knowing that she's in trouble with Evox, Robo-Roxy knows that she has to find a way to prove herself, and plans to win back her master's favor.
At Grid Battleforce, Nate is giving Jax a maintenance check and powers him down to run the check as Zoey takes the Vultursaurus claw out of the box and grabs a DNA Scanner. She asks Nate for help with getting the DNA results on the claw for Mike. However, Nate needs a few more minutes on Jax before he can help Zoey, but she decides to clean the claw herself. Nate tells Zoey to grab a cleaning solvent in an orange bottle, and grabs a container that's labeled acid instead. When she pours the acid into the container, the liquid dissolves it immediately and tells Nate what happeend, where he realizes that she didn't grab cleaning solvent, she grabbed meta-chloric acid! As the acid spreads all over the counter melting everything in sight, much to Zoey’s horror, she sees that it's about to reach the claw. As she tries to save it, Nate pulls her away and the acid melts the claw on contact. Zoey is horrified that she destroyed her brother's fossil, while Nate apologizes for not helping her when she asked for it. Then, with bad timing, Mike texts Zoey, and despite Nate offering to come with her for support, she decides to break the bad news to her brother by herself.
Zoey meets Mike at the Riptide Gym and they sit down at a booth. Zoey tells her brother that she had an accident in the lab and that she accidentally destroyed the fossil, upsetting the latter as he has nothing for his scholarship interview tomorrow. Zoey asks Mike if he can get another sample, but with his arm hurt, he can't. Now without the fossil, he can't get the scholarship. Zoey apologizes to Mike and is sadly content to try again for the scholarship next year and leaves. Ravi arrives and asks Zoey what happened, where she tells him that she destroyed her brother's fossil. Zoey tells Ravi that she needs to go out and do something. While Ravi offers to help her out instead of working out, Zoey declines it as she caused this problem, so she has to be the one to fix it and leaves.
Back in the Crystal Dimension, Robo-Roxy comes in and orders Scrozzle to scan Honold Peak as she found out about Mike's discovery of the Vultursaurus fossil from the Daily News, believing that the fossil's DNA could be what she needs to become even more powerful. Scrozzle scans the mountain and although he first picks up rocks, he manages to pick up the signal from a Grid Battleforce Wrist Comm coming from the Peak, meaning that Robo-Roxy is not the only one after the fossil and says this is going to be fun. It turns out that the Wrist Comm signal was actually Zoey, who's climbing the peak alone. After shielding her face from a rock slide, Zoey’s Wrist Comm is damaged, but she presses forward with climbing the peak.
Back at Grid Battleforce, Ravi returns from his workout just as Nate finishes Jax’s maintenance check and Steel is cleaning his Striker Saber. Devon shows Ravi the newspaper story about the Vultursaurus fossil Mike discovered, but when Steel revealed that it came from Honold Peak, it horrifies Ravi as Zoey did not tell him that before she left the Gym. He tells the other Rangers that Zoey destroyed Mike's fossil, so she's trying to get him another one. Nate tries to contact Zoey but is unable to reach her due to her Wrist Comm being damaged. Fearing that Zoey could be in danger, Jax tells the Rangers to warm up the Chopper Zord so they can find her.
Meanwhile, Zoey manages to make it to the top of Honold Peak and finds the excavation site Mike dug up the fossil from. Zoey manages to collect another piece of the fossil, but suddenly Robo-Roxy fires at her with the intent of collecting the fossil herself. She uses the DNA Scanner she stole before to collect the DNA, but a morphed Devon kicks at Robo-Roxy by hanging from the Chopper Zord. The rest of the morphed Rangers join him as Zoey as Nate hands her a new Wrist Comm. Robo-Roxy and Zoey morph as the former summons the Tronics. While the Rangers handle the Tronics with no problem, Zoey fights against Robo-Roxy and knocks her down with her Beast-X Blaster. However, Robo-Roxy spots her disguarded DNA Scanner and grabs it before teleporting away, much to the Rangers’ frustration. Before the Rangers can head back home, Zoey goes back to the fossil to get a new sample for her brother. The Rangers grab onto the Chopper Zord's cables and head inside the Zord to go back to the city.
Back in the Crystal Dimension, Evox finishes another Morph-X infusion and begins to move forward with his plan to destroy humanity and take over the Morphin Grid. He asks Scrozzle where his mighty new Gigadrone is, where he tells his masters that he's is still working on it but reassures Evox that it will be the most destructive Gigadrone ever, pleasing him. However, Robo-Roxy reveals that she scanned a brand-new DNA that could destroy the Rangers in half the time Scrozzle could build a Gigadrone, but a skeptical Robo-Blaze asks her what she has, with her saying that it's next level DNA. Robo-Roxy tells Scrozzle to prepare the Robo-Maker for another DNA fusion ans she enters the machine with the Vultursaurus DNA. Scrozzle activates it so the new DNA merges with her current robot form. Once the DNA process ends, Robo-Roxy exits the Robo-Maker in her brand-new Dinosaur Form, which surprises everyone. She tells her allies that she feels stronger already. Unfortunately, Scrozzle points out that the Vultursaurus DNA is powerful and fusing the DNA with Robo-Roxy’s robot base has overloaded his system, causing the Robo-Maker to explode due to the strain of the process. Not only does that dismay Scrozzle as it was an irreplaceable machine, but it angers Robo-Blaze because the Robo-Generals have lost their only means of being regenerated, yelling at Robo-Roxy that the next time the Rangers destroy them, that they would be permanently gone. However, Robo-Roxy demorphs and arrogantly brushes over Robo-Blaze’s concern as she has more power than ever to take on the Rangers and is not afraid of them. Evox orders Robo-Roxy to destroy the Rangers and Coral Harbor while he prepares for the obliteration of humankind, but Robo-Blaze decides to tag along in hopes he is not outdone by her.
Back at the Riptide Gym, Zoey meets up with Mike and shows him the new sample she acquired from Honold Peak, but he was not happy she climbed that the peak as it was too dangerous. While Zoey admits that she now knows that it was a dangerous decision, she did not want Mike to lose his scholarship before showing him the DNA results that proves the Vultursaurus is a new dinosaur species. Although Mike is happy with the results and calls her the best sister ever, Zoey is forced to leave when her Wrist Comm beeps and Mike thanks her for this.
The Rangers see the Robo-Generals as Robo-Blaze wants to play a game of “Who can destroy the most Rangers?”. Both groups morph as Robo-Roxy mockingly thanks Zoey for the Vultursaurus DNA. While Devon takes on Robo-Blaze alone, the rest of the Rangers fight Robo-Roxy, who is more of a challenge thanks to her new Dinosaur Form. Ravi and Zoey activate their Beast-X Modes to give them more of a chance, but Robo-Roxy is still to be a challenge as Robo-Blaze is gaining the upper hand against Devon, who is also in Beast-X Mode. Zoey uses her Jackrabbit Spin Strike against Robo-Roxy, but while it knocks her back, it did not affect her too much. Then, Robo-Roxy unleashes the full power of her Dinosaur DNA by absorbing the matter around her and growing into a monstrous giant.
The Rangers summon their Zords and with Devon still busy fighting Robo-Blaze, they bring the Beast-X King Zord with them and form the Beast-X King Ultrazord. Robo-Roxy strikes first against the Ultrazord repeatedly, as Ravi says they need their defense systems. Luckily, Nate activates the energy shields as Robo-Roxy takes to the sky and fires at the Ultrazord, not for the Rangers to block her attacks and blast her with a energy cyclone that knocks her down to the ground. Deciding to finish Robo-Roxy off once and for all, the Rangers attack her with the Beast-X King Ultra Strike, where attack causes enough damage that she lets out a scream. After knocking Devon down, Robo-Blaze watches in horror as Robo-Roxy falls onto her back and explodes, thus permanently destroying her for good. Robo-Blaze is speechless that Robo-Roxy is gone forever. Suddenly, Scrozzle teleports in and berates Robo-Blaze for letting the Rangers destroy her and reminds him that he does not have the parts to repair the Robo-Maker. Unfortunately, Devon heard all of that and realizes that Scrozzle can't build another Robo-Roxy, and after Robo-Blaze shuts up Scrozzle, the duo retreat back to the Crystal Dimension. Once alone, Devon contacts the other Rangers to tell them about what he just learned.
Back at the Riptide Gym, Devon has finished explaining to the Rangers what he learned from Scrozzle, and they are relieved at the fact that Robo-Roxy is gone forever and they do not have to worry about her ever again. Ravi is pleased and says that the real Roxy will be happy to hear that. Zoey thanks her friends for helping her as she realized that trying to do things on her own was the same mistake Robo-Roxy made, and Devon reassures her that they always have her back. Just then, Mike arrives and announces that he got the scholarship, and while he thanks Zoey for the help and how lucky he is to have such a determined sister, he warns her to never pull another dangerous stunt like she did today or he'll tell their mother. As Devon sits down to eat his hot dog, Ben and Betty bring in Pickles inside his crate. The Burke siblings tells the group about how much training Pickles has had. When Nate asks if they're talking about obedience training, they actually reveal he's had military training like search and rescue, piloting, etc. As the two boast about how well-behaved Pickles is, the latter escapes from his crate and grabs Devon’s hot dog, succeeding as the latter’s weakness acts up at the sight of Pickles. Devon accuses Pickles of stealing his hot dog, but while the Burke siblings do not believe that, they see their dog in his crate with the hot dog putting ketchup on it as he squirts the two of them with ketchup, which makes everyone laugh as they own Devon a new hot dog.
Cast[]
- Rorrie D. Travis as Devon Daniels (Grid Battleforce Red)
- Jazz Baduwalia as Ravi Shaw (Grid Battleforce Blue)
- Jacqueline Scislowski as Zoey Reeves (Grid Battleforce Yellow)
- Abraham Rodriguez as Nate Silva (Grid Battleforce Gold)
- Jamie Linehan as Steel (Grid Battleforce Silver) (voice)
- Randall Ewing as Evox (voice)
- Campbell Cooley as Scrozzle (voice)
- Colby Strong as Robo-Blaze
- Liana Ramirez as Robo-Roxy
- Kristina Ho as Betty Burke
- Cosme Flores as Ben Burke
- Teuila Blakely as Commander Shaw
- Emmett Skilton as Jax (voice)
- Billy McColl as Mike Reeves
Errors[]
- Pickles is seen unlocking his crate from the inside, putting ketchup on a hot dog, and then squirting Ben and Betty with the bottle, all of which are completely impossible for a dog.
- During the Megazord fight, it seems Ravi is piloting the Wheeler Zord, not the Beast-X King Zord.
- Devon activated Beast-X Mode without using his Beast-X Visor and Key.
- Although Ravi and Zoey used their Visors to use Beast-X Mode, they also didn't use their Keys.
- The scene after Robo-Blaze knocks down Devon for the second time appears to be the same scene used earlier, but it was flipped horizontally.
- When Pickles takes his hot dog, Devon’s eyes are open, yet moments later, his eyes are closed before he unfreezes.
Notes[]
- This episode's UK air date coincided with Liana Ramirez’s (Roxy's actress) birthday.
- Ironically, this episode marks the permanent destruction of Robo-Roxy.
- This is the second episode to not feature a Robotron ever since "Goin' Ape".
See Also[]
- Mission 48: Setting the Trap - Super Sentai counterpart in Go-Busters. See comparison page. (fight footage & story)
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